Watch: Massive fire at Thane’s Blue Roof Club during wedding reception; 1,200 guests evacuated safely

A fire broke out late Thursday night at The Blue Roof Club in Thane West while a wedding reception was underway officials from the Thane Municipal Corporationrsquos Disaster Management Cell saidMore than 1000 wedding guests escaped without any injury after a fire broke out at a banquet hall in Maharashtras Thane city the officials saidThe incident occurred around 11 pm on Thursday at the marriage hall premises in the Ovala area along the Ghodbunder Road in the city they saidView this post on InstagramA post shared by midday middayindiaAccording to Yasin Tadvi chief of the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation Mandap decoration materials kept outside a cabin on the lawn of The Blue Roof Club caught fire A wedding reception was underway at the venue at the timeThe official said that 1000 to 1200 guests had gathered at the venue at the time of the incidentAs soon as the fire was noticed guests were safely moved out of the venue preventing any casualties he said Fire officials said timely alertness and swift evacuation played a key role in averting a major tragedyThe firefighting operation involved two fire engines one rescue vehicle and one utility vehicle An official said the fire was extinguished by around midnightThe cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained he addedFire breaks out near tunnel on Mumbai Coastal Road none hurtIn another incident a fire erupted outside a tunnel on the Coastal Road in south Mumbai on Wednesday evening but no injuries were reported civic officials said reported PTIThe blaze outside the tunnel at Marine Lines opposite the Police Gymkhana was reported to the Mumbai Fire Brigade MFB at 712 pm they said reported PTINo injuries were reported in the fire which was doused in less than an hour said the officialsA civic official said the blaze may have been caused by a short circuitThe structure where the fire started was used for the storage of some materials he addedFire erupts at three warehouses in Thane none hurtEarlier a fire broke out at three warehouses in Maharashtras Thane district on Sunday afternoon triggering panic in the industrial area officials said reported PTIThere was no report of any casualty they saidThe blaze was reported at around 230 pm in three warehouses at Gayatri Nagar in Bhiwandi town the officials said adding it was not yet known what was stored thereMultiple fire engines were rushed to the spot Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporations disaster management cell chief Saquib Kharbe said reported PTISo far there are no reports of anyone being injured he said adding that efforts were on to ensure the fire does not spread to adjoining structuresThe exact cause of the blaze was yet to be ascertainedEarlier in the day a fire broke out at a godown storing autorickshaws at Kalher in Bhiwandi town officials saidNo casualties were reported they saidWith inputs from PTI